Confluence Park

Katarina is 19 months old today! In the past month, her expressive vocabulary has exploded so quickly that I lost track of all the words that she says spontaneously now. She names several animals (bird, owl, bumble [bee], duck, dino[saur], fish) and imitates animal sounds ("woof-woof", "meow-meow", "baa-baa", "quack-quack", "roar", "moo"). She names food items (apple, cracker, milk) and makes requests (no, up, down, more, out, outside, touch). She has names for people in our family (Mama, Dada, sister, Bella, Gabi) and identifies things (baby, ball, book, bubble, car, diaper, door, shoes, eye, nose). She expresses what is happening with words like "boom," "ouch," "uh-oh," "hello" and "bye-bye."

Kati has begun to use two-word sentences. She likes to bring me her shoes and request "Shoes on" as she tries to put them on her feet. One day at Target, Kati noticed a giant concrete red ball along the sidewalk and, reaching towards it, said "Ball touch" to tell me that she wanted to touch it. Then she noticed more along the sidewalk, pointed, and said "More ball." She loves to explore her world and ask "What's that?"

It is now October, and I still have several pictures to share from August! In this post, I have included a few shoots I took while exploring Confluence Park in downtown Denver with Bella and Kati-Lily.

We love being able to walk (or bike) the girls to school! Kati wakes up extremely cranky, but going outside calms her down. These "rocks" along the path to Gabi's school are recycled from the old airport runway that used to be where our neighborhood is located.

Kati found this flower on our walk back from Gabi's school and brought it home.

Whenever Kati-Lily hears music, she smiles and begins to dance. She loves to move her arms and hips to the beat.